Azerbaijan – US relations based on the Energy Card

... emerged asacritical component forWestern energy security policy and also becamea key player in the evolving balance of power in Eurasia, Asia and the Middle East. According to Zbigniew Brzezinski in his book ‘The Grand Chessboard’, “Azerbaijan has taken on a particular strategic value since independence, connected by pipelines to Western markets that do not pass through the territory controlled by the Russians, and would be an important channel of access for advanced economies and ...